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Re:Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible by gcp on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:31PM (#7335847)
It turns out Debian is much more responsive to Mozilla requests than adware providers, and going through court takes a long time.
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Re:Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible by anon1385 on Monday March 03, 2014 @02:47PM (#7335968)
Why not complain to Google though? They have policies about the use of trademarks in ad text.

https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/6118?hl=en

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Re:Downloading Software Safely Is Nearly Impossible by gcp on Monday March 03, 2014 @04:04PM (#7336439)
I've done so dozens of times, without result. Maybe those sites walk the thin line of that policy, or maybe Google just doesn't give a fk.
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